José Domingo Posada González (May 9, 1940 - January 14, 2013), of
Galicia,
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
, was a
member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.
When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
from 1994 to 1999 and is the president of
Galician Coalition
Galician Coalition ( Galician: Coalición Galega, CG) is a political party in Galiza with a Galician nationalist and centrist ideology. Since 2012 CG is part of the coalition Compromiso por Galicia.
History
Coalition
CG was born as an electora ...
(a
regionalist political party now integrated in
Commitment to Galicia
Commitment to Galicia (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Compromiso por Galicia'', CxG) is a Galician people, Galician political party with a Galician nationalism, Galician nationalist, Progressivism, progressive ideology.
Ideology
CxG proposed to ref ...
).
Posada came to the spotlight in 1994 as he was the first member of the Parliament to use
Galician in his spoken and written communications. This was accepted since Galician was considered to be like
Portuguese
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* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
, which is an official language of the European Union.
Amizade e MDL enviam petição ao Parlamento Europeu em defesa da unidade da língua
Since then Posada is considered a reintegrationist.
Today, his processing plant is one of the biggest producers and exporters of Spanish marron glacé.
References
1940 births
2013 deaths
People from Galicia (Spain)
MEPs for Spain 1989–1994
MEPs for Spain 1994–1999
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